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Updated – Friday 26th April, 7.25pm
Saturday 27 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, Bouncers, 2.30 and 7.30: Ustinov Studio, Tamsin Greig in Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, to 25 May, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: The Egg, Box Clever in Macbeth, and Sun.
Forum, Big Country.
Mission Theatre, Bath Gilbert and Sullivan Society Old Time Music Hall, 2 and 7.3pm.
BOTHENHAMPTON, Village Hall, Oppenheimer. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Harry Redknapp.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Joanna MacGregor, piano, Ligeti, Liszt and Schubert, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Iconic 80s, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, From Page to Screen Film Festival, to Tues: The Day the Earth Stood Still, (1951) 11am: Creature (2022 Akram Kahn dance film) and Devon Gothic by local director Alice Evans, 2pm: Tish, documentary about Tish Murtha, 5pm: Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche, (2021), 8pm.
BRISTOL, various venues, Bristol New Music 2024 Festival, and Sun.
Hippodrome, Welsh National Opera, Britten’s Death in Venice, 7.30.
St George’s, Apartment House, Matana Roberts, Maggie Nicols and Dan Johnson, experimental music and improvisation, 7.30.
Beacon, Lantern, Keeley Forsyth, singer and composer.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Hotter Project in The Last Show Before We Die, 3 and 8pm.
Tobacco Factory, Stan’s Cafe in Community Service, 2 and 7.30pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Milton Musical Society in 9 to 5, the musical, 2 and 7.30pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Constellations, to 18 May.
CORNWOOD, Village Hall, Townsend Productions, Behold Ye Ramblers, celebration of Sheffield Clarion Ramblers, 7.30. ViA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Richard Herring, Can I Have My Ball Back? comedy, 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Keith James, The Music of Yusuf Cat Stevens, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond tribute with Gary Ryan, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Frome Drama in A Bunch of Amateurs, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Paul Young, Behind the Lens, 7.30.
Tree House, Daniel Docherty, 7pm.
HOLT, Village Hall, Holt Players in The 7 Ages of Mankind, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Swan Lake from the Royal Ballet, 4pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Murder in Play, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Mr Scruff, DJ Set, 8pm.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, Past Lives. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Scaramouche Theatre in Natural Causes, dark comedy, and Sun, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Thank You for the Music, 7.30: Drum Studio, Patch of Blue Theatre in Cassie and the Lights, 2.45 and 7.45pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Grooving with Pirates, swashbuckling adventure for 3 to 7 year olds, 11am: Steppin’ Out in Step Back in Time, dance, 2 and 7pm: Kate Rusby, folk, 7pm: Cinema, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Swan Lake, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Alan Ayckbourn’s A Chorus of Disapproval, to 18 May, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thur/Sat mats 2.15.
Arts Centre, Story Jam in Women Who Gave No F**ks, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Mill Singers Male Voice Choir, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, There’s A Monster in Your Show, and Sun, various day times.
Turner Sims, Olivia Cheney, contemporary crossover, 8pm.
The Brook, When Rivers Meet.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Steve Tilston, folk, 8.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Choral Society, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Bruckner, Faure, Franck, Greig, cond Annemarie Lees, organ Sam Hanson, piano Caroline D’Cruz, soloists Matt Mears and Tim Bagley, 7.30.
Exchange, Marquee Square Heroes Marillion, tribute, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Wicked Little Letters, film, and Mon-Wed 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Lion Inside, play with music, and Sun, 11am and 2pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Tom Jones – Sex Bomb, with Benidorm Tom, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Frankie’s Guys, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, 7.30.
Sunday 28 April
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974 Werner Herzog) 11am: Short Sharp and Sweet, short films, 1.30: Much Ado About Dying, 2022 documentary, 4pm: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) with live score by Andrew Goldberg, piano, and Ricky Romain, sitar, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Swan Lake, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra, Hoddinott, Arnold, Vaughan Williams, 7pm.
Tobacco Factory, Rob Auton, comedy, 8pm.
Thekla, When Rivers Meet.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Swan Lake, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm: The Trouble with Jessica, film, to Wed, various times: Starship Troopers, 1997 film, 8.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, The Night Sky Show with astronomer Adrian West, 2.30 and 7.30pm.
FROME, Merlin, Swan Lake, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jazz by the Sea with Terry Quinney plays Dexter Gordon, 8pm.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO and BSO Voices, cond Pete Harrison, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, 3pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Motive and the Cue, filmed at the National Theatre, 7pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Songs from the Shows with Cathedral School musicians, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in Collective, 6pm.
Monday 29 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Adrianne Lenker, folk indie rock: Lantern, Sophie Hutchings, pianist and composer, A World Outside.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Colour Purple, 2023 film, 10.30am: Seize Them!, film, to Wed, various times.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Mousetrap, 70th anniversary tour, to Sat, 7.45, Wed/Sat mats 2.30: Bournemouth and Poole College students in Breathe Again, spoken word and song, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Mimi Doulton, singer, Ben Smith, piano, Musical Miscellany, 1pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Oak Partnership (primary schools) combined choirs, premiere of An Awfully Big Adventure by local composer Julian Breeze, and Tues.
Tuesday 30 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, Bonnie and Clyde – the musical, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats, 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Hamilton, to 22 June.
Beacon, The Blindboy Podcast life.
Tobacco Factory, The Paper Birds in Feel Me, and Wed, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Here to There in Hedda, to Sat, 7.45, Sat mat 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Welsh National Opera in Opera Favourites, 7pm: Drum Studio, James Rowland in Piece of Work, to Sat, 7.45, Sat mat 2.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Claire Coupland, folk singer songwriter, 8pm: Cinema, Wonka, 11am.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, to 12 May.
Turner Sims, The Breath, folk, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, 4.30, Wed 10.30am, 1.30 and 4.30pm, Thur 11am and 4.30pm.